New Zealand bans 'zero hour' contracts

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New Zealand has passed legislation banning 'zero hour' contracts, in what is thought to be one of the first laws in the developed world to end the use of deals criticised as exploitative.

Opposition Labor MP Iain Lees-Galloway was joined by his political opponents in supporting the Employment Standards Legislation Bill to end the use of the deals under which employees are required to be available for work but have no guaranteed minimum hours.

"To the best of my knowledge it's the first of its type (in the developed world), certainly in terms of the US and UK," Lees-Galloway told AFP.

"It's possible Denmark doesn't have them because these types of contracts are all about exploiting loopholes and I don't think Denmark had the loopholes in the first place."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/zealand-bans-zero-hour-contracts-074423582--finance.html